A press conference following the analytical review on rights of detained and prosecuted after the events on December 19th

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 22:02

On February 9 at 14.00 Human Rights Center Viasna is holding a press conference following the analytical review on rights of detained and prosecuted after the events on December 19th

At the press-conference the following people will be speaking:

Chairman of the Center of Legal Transformation Elena Tonkacheva,
Representative of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Human Rights situation in Belarus, board member of the International "Memorial" Igor Sazhin,
Lawyer of the Center of Legal Transformation Alex Kozlyuk.
We are waiting for you at: Minsk, Independence Avenue, 78a - 48 Viasna Human Rights Center

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PACE rapporteur dismayed by harassment of Viasna human rights centre in Belarus

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 15:29

Strasbourg, 21.11.2012 – Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD), the rapporteur on Belarus of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has expressed his dismay that the “Viasna” human rights centre in Minsk has been ordered to vacate its office by 27 November, following a year of obscure legal procedures which transferred ownership of the apartment in which the office is located to the state.

Valiantsin Stefanovich: "Viasna" will continue its work in all circumstances

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 10:45

It was reported on Saturday that the confiscation of the office of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" was scheduled for November 26. Human rights defenders stress that the news was not a surprise for the activists of the organization and they would continue their work in all circumstances.